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- NC order gives flexibility to expand hospital beds, equipment and personnel
- Student tests positive for COVID-19 in Ashe County
- Second Harvest Food Bank urges coordination of efforts in Watauga
- WCS to distribute additional meals ahead of spring break
- Burn ban issued for Watauga, Western North Carolina counties
- NC order gives flexibility to expand hospital beds, equipment and personnel
- Student tests positive for COVID-19 in Ashe County
- Second Harvest Food Bank urges coordination of efforts in Watauga
- WCS to distribute additional meals ahead of spring break
- ARHS expands access to care through new telehealth program
- Luke Combs' Boone stadium show rescheduled for 2021
- Making medical supplies: Tsuga, Watauga Opportunities, Misty Mountain join cause to supply needed equipment
- WCS spring break will pause remote learning, meal distribution
- Social distancing urged as officials plan for COVID-19 peak in NC
- High Country staff serve at Samaritan's Purse field hospitals in New York, Italy
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper on April 8 took action to provide more access to health care beds and get more medical workers to respond to the rising demand due the COVID-19 pandemic. He signed Executive Order No. 130, which expands the pool of health care workers and orders essential child care…
JEFFERSON — A third Ashe County resident, who is also an Appalachian State University student, has tested positive for COVID-19 (novel coronavirus), and is recovering at home, according to AppHealthCare.
WATAUGA — Watauga County Schools facilities will be closed for spring break from April 13-17, but families are able to pick up extra meals beforehand.Â
RALEIGH – The counties of northwest North Carolina are under a ban on all open burning with all burning permits canceled until further notice, the N.C. Forest service announced April 3.
BOONE — Appalachian Regional Healthcare System has launched a new telehealth program to ensure patients have safe, convenient access to their providers during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
BOONE — A dream come true for former Appalachian State University student and country music star Luke Combs will have to wait another year.
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Bagpipes play as the American flag is brought down Appalachian Ski Mtn on Saturday, March 7, 2020, as part of the Wounded Warrior Project's "Heroes on the Mountain" event.
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